The design exercise that led to the offshore capable Antares 44 had to address the needs of a US catamaran market concentrated on the east coast and Caribbean zones renowned for their coastal cruising opportunities.

Catamaran design formulas. CATAMARIS is a manufacturer of custom-made blue water sailing- motorsailing - and motor catamarans made of aluminium for owners who want something exceptional. Our standard designs range from a 22 ft day catamaran to an 82 ft powersail. Formula 16 is a multi-manufacturer class for beach catamarans designed for the 21st century.

Our first multihull was Fiery Cross a racing trimaran design by Merfyn Owen in 1987. However this drag formula is generally not the limiting factor for catamaran hull speed. The Style Wise Tommy Hilfiger and his catamaran 2005.

The catamaran designs in the range of the following main dimensions were explored. This design lifts the boat slightly when it reaches higher speeds making it feel lighter and faster. In recent years they worked with clients on a Multi50 trimaran project and most recently 20m racer.

Kelsall Catamarans can supply either a standard design from our extensive range of power sailing racing and commercial boats or a custom design to suit. Because of design innovations like curved daggerboards and the hydrofoils performance on cruising catamarans has improved tremendously but catamaran speed is relative. Their first custom cruising yacht was Syn Y Mor a 30 fast cruising catamaran and the first collaboration with Allen Clarke.

B CB L H L BRC B CB 555. The Stuffed Shirt Nat Herreshoff and his catamaran 1876. This is because boats with waterline length to beam ratios greater than 81 are not limited by hydrodynamic drag factors whereas smaller boats need to plane to do so planing requires enormous amounts of power for displacement hulls.

The Catana 59 was fitted with these curved daggerboards that look like foils. 0682 VW x 5 Boa x 555 CW 00178 x SA x h. As a point of interest.